The Australian dollar rose in Asian trade on Wednesday against a basket of major rivals, expanding gains for the second straight session against the US dollar and hitting a week high, while approaching five-week highs following strong Australian wages data. The data renewed inflationary pressures on the Reserve Bank of Australias policymakers, which hurt the odds of a rate cut...

The Australian dollar fell against most major rivals on Thursday despite strong labor data. Australia's unemployment rate was unchanged in April at 4.1%, same as March, and matching expectations. The Australian economy added 89.0 thousand new jobs in April, easily beating estimates of a 20.9 thousand addition, while March's reading was revised to show the addition of 32.2 thousand jobs...

The Australian dollar tumbled on Tuesday against a basket of major rivals, resuming losses against the US counterpart after a short hiatus and becoming the worst performing G8 currency after the RBAs rate cut. The Reserve Bank of Australia voted to cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.85%, the lowest since May 2023, as inflation cooled. The Price...

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09:09 AM EST, 11/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were leaning lower premarket Monday, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) down 0.1%. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was down 0.3% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 0.5% higher. UBS Group ( UBS ) Chair Colm Kelleher has privately discussed...

08:55 AM EST, 11/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were flat to lower premarket Monday, with the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) inactive and the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) down 0.8%. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) disclosed in a Friday regulatory filing a $4.3 billion stake in Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL). Shares of Alphabet were up more than 3% pre-bell....

08:59 AM EST, 11/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were flat ahead of Monday's opening bell as traders looked ahead to the long-awaited release of September's jobs report and Nvidia ( NVDA ) earnings later in the week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 0.1%, S&P 500 futures were 0.06% lower, and Nasdaq futures were flat. Oil prices...

09:07 AM EST, 11/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were advancing pre-bell Monday, with the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) 0.2% higher. The United States Oil Fund (USO) was up 0.6% and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was 1.2% lower. Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was up 0.4% at $60.32 per barrel at the New...

Erratic patterns of rainfall, heatwaves, storms, floods, and other consequences of climate change are threatening our genetically similar food crops. The way out is to introduce genetic diversity, but that's easier said than done.

On World Environment Day 2022, we take a look at the tech sector that alone is responsible for 2-3 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions. See how technology impacts the environment and what the big companies are doing.

Huawei Technologies has teamed up with China's Shaanxi Coal Industry Co to pilot the intelligent coal mine technology in two places. Smart coal mine sensors monitor parameters like gas build-up, ventilation levels and flooding, and send an alert if any of these reach a dangerous level. Sustainability too has to be factored into the equation, going forward.

The IT city is facing the worst of floods and social media is flooded with visuals from Bengaluru as residents expressed their anger, opinions, and interesting takes online.

India has banned 118 Chinese linked applications including the popular mobile gaming app PubG. A similar action was taken by the government in June leading to the ban of 59 apps. The steps taken by the government gains significance amid rising tensions along the LAC and the tendency of Beijing to use tech firms for espionage.

Facebook on Wednesday said it remains committed to be an open and transparent platform, and allow people to express themselves freely on the platform amid a raging row over the social media giant's alleged political bias.

The Parliamentary Committee on IT headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor called on Facebook representatives on Wednesday for a hearing on prevention of misuse of social media platforms, and sources said that the company's India Managing Director Ajit Mohan was himself present at the hearing.

Pakistan’s telecom watchdog on Friday banned the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok after getting numerous complaints against its immoral content. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said in a statement that a "number of complaints from different segments of the society” were made "against immoral/indecent content” on TikTok.

Chinese smartphone majors Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo are in talks with Indian manufacturers Lava International and Dixon Technologies to produce mobile phones for export. The move will leverage the Indian Government’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Program.

Users of Google users can soon expect significant upgrades to apps like the Gboard, Google Photos, Live Transcribe and Google Messages, as well as other functionalities.

Companies like Microsoft, Meta and more are working on developing metaverse platforms that allow companies to collaborate, communicate, hiring, and socialise regardless of their physical location.

One of the major attractions at Dubai Expo 2020 is the Sky Garden and the observation deck rolled into one. CNBC-TV18 gets a bird's eye view of the Expo from 'Garden in the Sky' tower.

Crypto holders in Europe will now be able to spend their crypto almost anywhere from the safety of their self-custodial wallets thanks to a new payment card from Mastercard. Mercuryo, a fintech platform for web3 firms, announced its collaboration with the payments provider on Thursday to launch “Spend” – a multi-chain crypto card and Mastercard that acts like a debit...

Bitcoins price tried to recover some ground earlier this week but was quickly stopped and pushed south, which culminated earlier today with a drop to $55,300 the lowest in a month. The altcoins are in no better shape, with red dominating the charts. Interestingly, theres one exception Toncoin. BTCs Nosedive Continues Theres not a lot of positive things we can...

Ripple has presented a solid bearish signal by breaking below the 200-day moving average of $0.55, highlighting the presence of sellers in the market. However, the price is now battling to breach the 100-day MA at $0.53, and a successful break below this level could trigger a significant decline in the coming days. XRP Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart...

The Runes protocol has hit a major milestone, surpassing 50 million inscriptions less than five months after its launch on the Bitcoin network. According to a tweet by the market intelligence platform IntoTheBlock, the milestone indicates continued usage despite the initial hype fading. Runes Exceed 50M Minted Tokens Runes is a Bitcoin token standard enabling the creation of fungible tokens...